TheEvenPrez
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You've seen the controversies tied to the HK protests. You can be certain after Blizzard, the NBA and now the UK/Australia governments were threatened other companies out there are afraid to be the next HK/China controversy. Policy for large companies now is to keep quiet on controversial topics, and encourage/command their employees to do the same. This is a problem since in many states they can descriminate on the basis of political belief.
This speaks to a larger issue. I doubt you agree with everything you employer does or believes. There needs to be laws protecting individual rights to voice their social/political opinion without reprisal. Obvious caveats like hate speech, libel, lawbreaking, or wasting company resources notwithstanding. This is only going to be more of an issue as time goes on.
BrickShakes
Corps will try to make money to whatever extent possible, they got no moral interest. The only treatment is making them more democratic.
enheru
You mean labor laws? Most civilized countries already have those.
TheEvenPrez
While there are labor laws, speech laws on political affiliation vary from state to state.
NuiNiuhiNui
If Bluzzard had a clear policy ahead of time there would never have been an issue.
TheEvenPrez
Blizzard/NBA was the spark, but in a world where corporations have clout on you, this is a needed conversation.
ragingzealot
If only there were some way for workers to unite together and protect each other from businesses that only care about the bottom line.
fredgiblet
Corporations shouldn't be policing speech at all. Sadly we live in an era where Twitter is more important than reality to many people.
ididitall
except for union organizing … not on company time!!
Ekibwurm
careful how those laws are written too. else that protest against inhuman working condition turns to hate speech vs management, libel on the
Ekibwurm
compagny and wasting ressources by blocking workers from entering, even if you are alone.
BuffBadwell
Companies that do make stands for social justice issues often get a ton of backlash (i.e. get woke go broke). And it ends up hurting them
TheEvenPrez
Possible, but Hbomber did a piece on how the opposite can happen: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=06yy88tLWlg
superbob201
Get woke go broke, despite being a catchy rhyme, isn't really a thing that happens. The main effect of the backlash is great advertising.
RandomActsOfSarcasm
We don't need that. Stop being a pussy and say what you feel or don't.
TheEvenPrez
I personally wouldn't care about my job if it meant freedom, but like most people I have loved ones to consider with each word typed.
RandomActsOfSarcasm
And that's a decision everybody has to make. Freedom of speech doesn't provide freedom from the consequences of what you say.
TheEvenPrez
Then we live in a world where people can't speak out against corruption.
RandomActsOfSarcasm
People wouldn't speak out even if they were protected. Criminals aren't exactly the type to not seek out revenge.
TheEvenPrez
I'm curious then, what's your take on this matter? Is there something that can be done?
dirtmarker
Nope you are dead wrong on that. It's freedom from government censorship. It isn't freedom of speech and freedom from personal consequences.
fredgiblet
It actually is, as John Stuart Mill points out in On Liberty.
ElonMustToke
Personal consequence is fine if those consequences come from the judgements of other individuals. However its not ok when
ElonMustToke
Corporations regulate the flow of moral thought and articulations. That is the role of the individual to make. Not of free market machines
ElonMustToke
I say this as someone in favor of free markets. Capitalism should only be involved in problems capitalism can solve.
TheEvenPrez
If I may ask, what do we do when a government tells your employer to silence you on twitter because they don't like what you are saying?
dirtmarker
Do you have evidence of this injustice or you just speculating?
TheEvenPrez
https://www.businessinsider.com/nba-china-feud-timeline-daryl-morey-tweet-hong-kong-protests-2019-10 - the most public example
dirtmarker
So what if you're employed by a gov contractor and you tweet out about the new weapon you're developing? You think that should b protected 2
dirtmarker
No reprisals because that is government and business colluding to shut your 1st ammendment rights?